University  of  California  •  Berkeley 


THE  PETER  AND  ROSELL  HARVEY 
MEMORIAL  FUND 


Come  listen  to  my  dity  ye  men  of  age  to-day, 
And  soon  we  shall  have  freedom  throughout  America, 
The  people  mean  to  rule  us  'tis  worthy  here  of  note, 
And  this  is  done  by  freemen  who  are  able  for  to  vote. 

'2.   Let  Christians  be  united  and  firm  together  stand, 

In  the  good  cause  of  freedom  engage  both  heart  and  hand. 
Soon  would  the  slaves  in  bondage  in  Southern  States  be  free, 
And  rally  'round  the  standard  and  sing  the  jubilee. 

3.  Let  all  who  are  Republicans,  whether  they  are  black  or  white 
Go  for  the  cause  of  freedom  for  that  is  doing  right. 

And  let  this  be  our  motto,  our  nation  shall  be  free, 
For  Fremont  with  Dayton  our  rulers  soon  shall  be. 

4.  We  need  a  reformation  thoughout  American  ground 

We  want  good  men  in  office  and  we  know  they  can  be  found, 
And  we  hope  soon  to  have  them  in  our  happy  land  to  reign 
From  gold  state  California  to  our  good  old  State  of  Maine. 

5.  We  hope  that  in  November  freemen  will  do  their  best, 
And  let  the  cause  of  freedom  sound  loud  from  East  to  West 
Uemembering  that  our  fathers  who  now  sleep  in  their  graves 
Fought  for  to  gain  our  fieedom,  then  let  us  not  be  slaves. 

6.  There  are  many  who  arc  with  us  in  our  land  that   should  be 

free, 

Who  are  against  our  freedom  you  know  as  well  as  me, 
But  we  shall  hail  for  union  and  liberty  of  speech, 
Then  let  it  echo  all  around  to  the  upper  region  reach. 

7.  Let  not  the  spark  of  freedom  be  extinguished  in  our  land    ' 
Until  the  sons  of  liberty  are  united  heart  and  hand, 

And  all  march  on  together  in  freedom's  glorious  cause, 
And  always  have  respect  for  those  who  uphold  righteous  laws. 

8.-  Let  us  remember  Kansas  where  northern  blood  was  spilt, 
Knowing  that  such  who  did  that  deed   alone  must  bear  the 

guilt, 

And  let  us  hope  that  slave  states  from  this  extend  no   more, 
While  we  hare  got  one  foot  of  land  on  the  Atlantic  shore. 


9.  Americans  remember  that  our  freedom  here  cost  blood, 
And  we  are  now  accountable  to  our  nation  and  our  God, 
And  since  that  such  a  treasure  was  left  us  here  in  trust, 
Let  us  choose  men  to  rule  us  who  are  honest,  true  and  just. 

10.  Remember  California  and  what  they  have  done  of  late 

In  the  City  of  Sanfrancisco  by  the  worthies  of  that  State, 
By  the  Vigilance  Committee   who  took  the  power  in  hand 
To  drive  off  all  the  vagabonds  and  murderers  of  that  land. 

11.  It  seems  that  highway  robbers  and  thieves  they  ment  to  rule 
With  Gamblers  and  Swindlers  who  kept  the  rowdy  school, 
But  the  Vigilance  Committee  showed  them  a  different  play 
By  hanging  numbers  by  the   neck,  while  some  they  drove 

away. 

12.  We  don't  uphold  Linch  Law  at  all,  or  mobs  in  any  land, 
But  we  uphold  the  patriots  and  hope  they'll  be  on  hand, 
Especially  this  present  fall  we  hope  that  number  great, 
For  we  hope  to  have   majority  in  almost  every  State.  > 

13.  Success  to  the  Republicans  in  our  most  noble  cause, 

For  they're  the  ones  who  have  respect  to  all  our  righteous 

laws, 

And  we  hope  they  will  prosper  till  every  State  shall  be 
From  every  yoke  of  bondage  and  every  one  is  free. 

14.  Freedom  from  all  oppressions  of  every  sort  and  kind, 
Not  only  from  the  body  but  freedom  of  the  mind, 
And  all  the  wars  and  rumors  of  war  forever  cease, 
And  all  the  nations  of  the  eapth  enjoy  a  lasting  peace. 

15.  We  now  will  bid  our  friends  farewell  and  bring  this  to  a  close, 
We  hope  we  soon  shall  have  good  news  to  tell  both  friends  and 

foes 

And  if  we  have  good  news  to  tell  you'll  hear  from  us  again, 
We  hope  'twill  be  the  Colonel  he  the  next  four  years  will  reign 

16.  Our  friends  will  please  excuse  if  errors  we  have  made 
And  give  us  a  small  trifle  to  help  the  printers  trade, 
All  favors  we  acknowledge  which  on  us  you  bestow, 
For  writing  for  a  living  is  hard  work  we  all  know. 


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